| This was by far the best of the ghost
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| | first of the headstones when I heard my
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| tours we did in Tasmania in terms of both
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| | mother's voice from behind us saying
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| the overall experience and the activity
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| | "I'll just stay here if you don't mind."
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| encountered.Alan, the guide, is
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| | Now my mother usually loves to wander
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| passionate about his subject matter both
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| | around cemeteries reading the headstones,
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| the paranormal and the historical
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| | so this was unusual. Then I heard my
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| stories. He really seems to love what he
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| | brother say something like "Oh!" when he
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| is doing and that enthusiasm is bound to
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| | reached the same point. Talking to him
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| influence the experience. He was
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| | later, he said it was like something had
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| extremely flexible about time, not
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| | washed over him, a feeling not dissimilar
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| marching us around the locations
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| | to what I had felt at Highfield. Like
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| according to a fixed schedule that would
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| | walking through a wall of cold water,
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| not be varied regardless of what
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| | except it wasn't wet and wasn't precisely
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| happened. If it seemed like something was
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| | cold either. I felt nothing. I was
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| happening or might be about to kick off,
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| | completely fine with wandering around in
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| he was willing to wait a bit, assuming
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| | that cemetery in the middle of the
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| that was what we wanted. Then again, if
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| | night.We left the cemetery at that point
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| we wanted to get the heck out of
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| | so Alan could tell the associated stories
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| location, he was ok with that too. What
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| | from the side of the road where my mother
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| was supposed to be a 1.5 hour tour ended
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| | would be able to hear them without coming
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| up being about 2.5 hours (though we did
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| | into the place. He'd just started telling
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| not beat the 3 hour tour he had done
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| | the stories when he noticed that she was
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| recently. Next time, I might have to try
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| | in tears. She said she could not explain
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| harder. ).The quality of tours seems to
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| | it, that she just felt really sad. We
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| be as dependent on the make-up of the
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| | moved up the road a bit and to the other
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| group you are with (including the tour
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| | side to put a bit more distance between
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| guide) as it is on the base activity
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| | her and it and then continued. I should
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| level of the locations visited. We were
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| | probably mention that by this point we
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| lucky with this tour in that we were the
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| | only had one of the 3 torches working.
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| only people on it. The other(s) had
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| | The others had all stopped working along
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| cancelled at the last moment. While one
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| | the way, starting at the gaol, if I
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| theory says that more people=more energy
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| | remember correctly. By the end of the
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| that the spirits can use to manifest, my
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| | tour this last one was failing too.Later
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| theory is that the smaller and more
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| | that evening, after she had calmed down
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| focused the group, the more activity you
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| | somewhat, she was able to tell us what
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| are likely to see. Especially on touristy
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| | she had picked up. There was, she said, a
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| things like ghost tours.Assume, for the
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| | man in that cemetery. He was lost. He had
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| rest of this story, that there are bits
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| | been there for a long time. He was
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| of history of the area scattered
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| | looking for something and had been
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| throughout everything we were told. While
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| | looking for it for a long time, but what
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| I absorbed the information, I really
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| | he was looking for wasn't there. He knew
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| couldn't tell you now what I was told
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| | that, but he couldn't (or wouldn't) get
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| where in a lot of cases. If you want to
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| | out of that loop. And he didn't want our
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| know about the history of the area, look
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| | help.The next day my brother and I went
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| it up ... or go to Richmond and ask Alan
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| | into Richmond Gaol. My mother flatly
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| about it. The latter will be more
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| | refused to enter the place after her
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| entertaining.From the point of view of
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| | experience the previous night. I was a
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| the paranormal, the tour started with the
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| | little uneasy about it myself (which
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| story some of Alan's own experiences
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| | might say more about what a good job Alan
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| living in the town. I love hearing first
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| | did with his storytelling than the actual
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| hand the story of people's experiences.
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| | activity level of the location) but I
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| Firstly it has a lot more immediacy than
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| | wasn't letting that stop me and nothing
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| the story of what was experienced by
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| | happened while we were in there. Still, I
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| someone you've never met an indeterminate
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| | didn't actually walk into any of the
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| period of time ago. But perhaps as
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| | individual men's solitary cells, which is
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| importantly, it gives me the opportunity
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| | allegedly the most active area. Being
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| to ask questions, both to extract more
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| | somewhat claustrophobic, I chickened out
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| information and to evaluate whether the
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| | and settled for standing outside the
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| story I'm being told is complete rot,
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| | doorway of each and looking inside. For
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| made up out of whole cloth from a book of
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| | some reason that I can't remember now, I
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| old stories that the teller picked up in
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| | also do not seem to have taken any photos
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| a second-hand bookshop.I asked a lot of
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| | of the place by daylight. It might have
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| questions. In fact, I did that through
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| | had something to do with the number of
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| most of the tour. It was a wonder that he
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| | tourists wandering around. I remember
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| didn't strangle me by the end of it. It
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| | moving out of the first few rooms quickly
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| makes it really hard to tell a story if
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| | because we couldn't get near the displays
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| someone keeps interrupting you with
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| | for the press of people.While we had been
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| questions and comments.I assessed his
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| | doing this, my mother had gone to
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| stories about his own experiences as
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| | investigate the bridge by daylight. I do
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| mostly true in essence. There was
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| | not think that any of us gave the story
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| probably some exaggeration or emphasis
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| | of the animals not wanting to walk past a
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| that comes from the storyteller aspect of
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| | particular point much credence but the
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| his personality and from telling the
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| | very specific nature of it and precise
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| story multiple times a week. I'd love to
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| | identification of the location begged
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| sit down with him over a couple of beers
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| | personal investigation and
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| (or a nice pot of tea as the case may be)
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| | experimentation. She reports that every
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| and exchange stories in a more leisurely
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| | time she reached the particular point,
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| fashion.Anyway, before we moved off, he
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| | she felt violently ill. The first time
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| handed out torches and explained the two
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| | this happened, she thought it was a
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| rules. Rule 1: Don't shine the torches
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| | result of suggestion and continued over
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| into people's homes and Rule 2: Don't get
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| | the bridge, crossed the road and came
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| run over. Note: No lanterns. Torches.
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| | back on the other side where she felt
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| Like normal people.On to Richmond bridge.
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| | fine. She repeated this process 3 or 4
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| Lots of stories about that place. I'm not
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| | times in total, with identical results
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| going to go into most of them here. The
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| | each time.After leaving the gaol, and
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| relevant one, for later in this story, is
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| | without hearing about the above
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| that there is a point on one side of the
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| | experience, my brother and I went
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| bridge that animals will not walk past
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| | straight down to investigate the same
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| where, allegedly, the body of a convict
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| | story about the bridge. We walked
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| is entombed in the stonework of the
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| | separately and slowly to the indicated
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| bridge under that point. Not much in the
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| | spot, paying attention to any unusual
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| way of activity on the night. I felt
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| | sensations that might come up as we
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| uneasy underneath the bridge but that
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| | approached. We stopped at the indicated
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| could have been as much because there was
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| | spot and compared results. My brother's
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| a black opening next to me that fell away
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| | initial impression was that there might
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| to the river and I couldn't see what was
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| | be something there but it wasn't
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| down there... or what was coming up from
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| | particularly active or particularly
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| there as anything paranormal. Photos of
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| | strong. I had noticed that, when I got
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| the bridge show a few orb-like anomalies,
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| | within about 4' of the indicated spot, I
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| but I am calling most of them water
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| | started to develop a slight headache
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| vapour (riverbank, overcast evening,
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| | which cleared once I had moved beyond the
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| humidity around 65%, rained later) or
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| | spot. The actual spot where the body is
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| insects.Up to Richmond Gaol. A great
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| | entombed is not, however, directly below
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| place, if you measure it in terms of
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| | the footpath. It is a couple of feet out
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| suffering and so on that could well lead
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| | onto the road according to the story.
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| to hauntings. Unfortunately, you can't
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| | Bearing Rule 2 in mind, we waited until
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| get into it at night. Alan has tried to
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| | the traffic cleared and no cars were in
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| get permission to take tours in there at
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| | sight for as far down the road as we
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| night, but without success so far. I'm
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| | could see, and then we stepped
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| pretty sure he doesn't intend to stop
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| | simultaneously out onto a spot about 2'
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| trying. We were standing there when I
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| | out onto the road."Oh!" I said in a most
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| became aware that I was feeling dizzy.
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| | eloquent manner whilst looking (I'm sure)
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| Now for me, feeling dizzy is the most
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| | like someone had hit me over the back of
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| often the result of one of two things.
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| | the head with a housebrick.When we
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| Either my blood pressure has rapidly
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| | stepped onto that spot, I experienced
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| dropped or there is a lot of energy
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| | what felt like a rush of energy coming up
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| moving around me. Standing in a room with
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| | out of the road. We looked at each other
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| 20 people practising reiki
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| | and stepped back onto the footpath.
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| simultaneously, for example, has been
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| | Standing in the middle of the road
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| known to induce a similar feeling. Given
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| | looking dumbstruck seemed like a stupid
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| the nature of the location, I decided it
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| | idea and a clear breach of Rule 2.Each of
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| was better to err on the side of caution.
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| | us then stepped separately onto (and back
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| I had been standing facing the wall of
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| | off) the active spot. There was still
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| the gaol, but moved to stand side on to
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| | something there when we entered the area
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| it instead so that I would not be face on
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| | separately but it was nowhere near as
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| to anything coming out of there. Then I
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| | definitive as when we stepped onto it
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| suggested to my guides that now might be
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| | together. Photo taking followed, for
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| the time for them to step in to protect
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| | reference if nothing else as I fully
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| me from anything negative, harmful or
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| | expected to see nothing odd in daylight
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| hurtful, if they didn't mind. Within 30
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| | photos.Revisited the cemetery. My mother
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| seconds, the dizziness disappeared and
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| | stayed in the car. My brother walked over
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| did not return. I can't say that I felt
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| | into it to see what he could feel. I got
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| any emotion or threat attached to the
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| | out of the car to take photos but stayed
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| dizziness, I just felt dizzy.Caught one
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| | near it to be somewhere in the middle in
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| interesting light anomaly there. It was
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| | case either of them needed help. My
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| significantly brighter than anything else
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| | brother didn't pick anything up. My
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| caught on camera that night, seems to be
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| | mother said that all she knew was that we
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| located in a position that does not have
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| | weren't meant to be there. (It was ok for
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| anything reflective to cause it and, when
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| | other people to be there, just not us.)
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| viewed closely, seems to have a halo
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| | As usual, I felt nothing out of the
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| effect. However, it is certainly possible
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| | ordinary but then I wasn't feeling all
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| that it is a raindrop. Because it is
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| | that receptive given the previous night's
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| taken outside, I can't discount that
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| | events.You may use part or all of this
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| possibility.On to the Congregational
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| | article on your blog, forum or website
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| Cemetery. We were going to walk into it.
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| | provided that the statement and link
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| In fact, Alan and I were already near the
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| | below remains active and intact.
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